Preston Brooks

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What Wikipedia says

Preston Smith Brooks (August 5, 1819 – January 27, 1857) was an American slaveholder, politician, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina, serving as a member of the Democratic Party from 1853 until his resignation in July 1856 and again from August 1856 until his death.

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